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River Man

original song written, composed, and performed by Nick Drake
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River Man

Summary

River Man is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (258 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • River Man's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • River Man's composer is recorded as Nick Drake[4].
  • River Man's genre is popular music[5].
  • Among the performers on River Man was Nick Drake[6].
  • River Man is part of Five Leaves Left[7].
  • River Man's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • River Man was released on 1968[9].
  • River Man's lyricist is recorded as Nick Drake[10].
  • River Man's title is recorded as River Man[11].
  • River Man's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a9cc2fb7-3ba6-380c-8a8a-bc16ca23ef85[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

River Man was performed by Nick Drake[6].

Publication

River Man was published on 1968[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is popular music[5]. It is part of Five Leaves Left[7].

Why It Matters

River Man ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (258 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Nick Drake

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). River Man. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/river-man
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_river-man_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{River Man}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/river-man}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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